Posted on 03/18/2008 7:19:13 PM PDT by lunarbicep
Actor, director and producer Ivan Dixon, best known for his role as Kinchloe in the television series "Hogan's Heroes," has died in Charlotte at the age of 76.
Dixon died Sunday at a Charlotte hospital after suffering a hemorrhage, said Whitney Stauffer of Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles.
Actor Sidney Poitier said the two men became friends after Dixon was his stunt double in the 1958 movie, "The Defiant Ones."
"As an actor, you had to be careful," Poitier said through Stauffer. "He was quite likely to walk off with the scene. And I was very careful."
Dixon began his acting career on Broadway in plays that included "The Cave Dwellers" and "A Raisin in the Sun." On film, he appeared in "Something of Value," "A Raisin in the Sun," "A Patch of Blue," "Nothing But a Man" and the cult favorite, "Car Wash."
But he was probably best known for the role of U.S. Staff Sgt. James Kinchloe on "Hogan's Heroes." Kinchloe, who's in charge of electronic communications, can mimic German officers on the radio or phone.
Dixon earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the CBS Playhouse special, "The Final War of Olly Winter."
In addition to acting on television, he also directed hundreds of episodic shows, including "The Waltons," "The Rockford Files," "Magnum P.I." and "Heat of the Night."
Born April 6, 1931, in New York City, Dixon graduated in 1954 from North Carolina Central University in Durham.
Dixon's awards include four NAACP Image Awards, National Black Theatre Award and the Paul Robeson Pioneer Award from the Black American Cinema Society. He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild of America, and the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Berlie Dixon; son, Alan Kimara Dixon and daughter, Doris Nomathande Dixon. Two sons, Ivan Nathaniel Dixon IV and N'Gai Christopher Dixon, are deceased.
At Dixon's request, Stauffer said no memorial is planned.
Agree. I loved it.
I watch that show every weekday on local TV while working out.
Bernard Fox (Colonel Crittendon ) ,Cynthia Lynn (Fraulein Helga) Nita Talbot (Marya, the Russian spy), and Arlene Martel (”Tiger” of the French Underground)are apparently still alive.
I’m amazed Leon Askin lived such a long life even though he was a heavyset guy. Guess he had exceptionally good genes. John Banner really was well cast and you couldn’t help but like him.
And, no, it was not an episode of ''Star Trek''.
The episode on today had Claudine Longet. She was married to Andy Williams and then became a recluse after killing Spider Sabich. I think she is about 83 now.
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
24 November 1964 (Season 1, Episode 9)
Correct, as far as you go. The NAME of the episode, please (some of us don’t have to Google it, but good job anyway!)
The Project Strigas Affair.
Good man, well done!
R.I.P.....big guy. :/
Werner Klemperer played 'Colonel Wilhelm Klink'. Strongly anti-Nazi, he served in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1945.
Klemperer was very conscious of the fact that he was playing a German officer under the command of Nazis, and agreed to play Klink only on the condition that he would be portrayed as a fool that never succeeded.
other than the fact it is barley readable.....better watch out he doesnt sue for royalties
Sympathy for the family and kudos for Ivan.
I wonder if he ever refused an invitation to one of Bob Crane’s “parties.”
Klink and John Banner (Schultz) were both Jewish. Banner even played a commandant at a death camp in a Marlon Brando movie I can’t remember the name of.
Freepers can correct me if I'm wrong, but the West Coast has historically (apart from the "Yellow Peril" scares and "Zoot Suit" hysteria of the 1940s) had a higher level of racial tolerance than the east coast.
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